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2. Position the camera as needed. Do not • Select File> Export 360 Panoramic
use the Zoom or Pan tools. See “Editing Ray Trace to Cloud to export a
3D Views” on page 1066.
completed panoramic ray trace to your
3. Adjust the shape of the view window as Chief Architect cloud account. See
needed. “Export 360 Panorama” on page 1198.

4. Select 3D> Ray Trace .
Progressive Ray Tracing
5. In the Ray Trace Current View dialog:
• Select a Ray Trace Configuration from Chief Architect’s ray tracer begins by
generating a low-quality preview of the
the drop-down list and click the Ray model based on the current Ray Trace
Trace button. See “Ray Trace Current Configuration’s settings. Once the initial ray
View/Ray Trace Defaults Dialog” on trace is complete, the ray tracer performs
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additional passes to incrementally refine the
6. A ray trace can be cancelled at any time: view’s lighting quality and effects.
• In the Preparing to Ray Trace prog- If Save Image to File is checked in the Ray
ress dialog, click the Cancel button.
Trace Options dialog, the program will save
• Once the ray trace view window is the ray trace as an image file and will update
open, you can cancel the process by the file after every pass of the ray tracer. See
selecting File> Close . “General Panel” on page 1125.
7. To stop a ray trace in progress without You can specify the how long these
cancelling it, select File> Stop Ray additional passes are performed in the Ray

Trace . Trace Options dialog, and can stop a ray
trace in progress whenever it meets your
8. When the ray trace is completed, save needs by selecting File> Stop Ray
the resulting image for future use:
Trace . See “General Panel” on page
• Select File> Print Image to print 1125.
the image. See “Print Image Dialog”
on page 1339. The Ray Trace Window
• Select File> Export Picture t o When the ray trace view window is active,
save the image in any of several file the image will regularly update as the ray
formats including .jpg, .bmp, and trace progresses and its status will display in
.png. See “Exporting Pictures” on page the Status Bar. When it is finished, the
1146. number of passes and cumulative time,
• Select File> Send to Layout t o including pre-processing time, will display
send the ray trace view to a layout there. See “The Status Bar” on page 43.
page. See “Sending Views to Layout” Unlike rendered views, you can minimize a
on page 1292. ray trace window or switch to a different
view while the view is being generated and

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